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How power imbalance, misread signs and strategic blunders clouded Hamas’ judgment over Gaza ceasefire

  • Written by Mkhaimar Abusada, Visiting Scholar of Global Affairs, Northwestern University

In late February 2025, senior Hamas leader and ex-chairman of its politburo, Mousa Abu Marzouk, said he would not have supported Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel had he known how destructive Israel’s response would have been.

That remarkably frank admission takes on renewed relevance now, just weeks later, after the resumption of...

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Arrested and stripped of degree: Twin moves to bar Istanbul mayor from ballot suggests Turkey’s Erdogan is really worried this time

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
imageIstanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu speaks to the press on Oct. 30, 2024. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had expected to become Turkey’s opposition presidential nominee on March 23, 2025; instead, he lost his freedom and college degree.

On March 18, the politician – seen as a powerful rival to long-ruling Turkish...

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Trump’s defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case

  • Written by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
imageThe Supreme Court is seen on March 17, 2025, one day before Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare rebuke of a president. Win McNamee/Getty Images

President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act on March 15, 2025, and deported about 200 Venezuelan immigrants his administration alleged have ties to a Venezuelan gang. U.S. District Court...

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US isn’t first country to dismantle its foreign aid office − here’s what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID

  • Written by Sarah Stroup, Professor of Political Science; Director, Conflict Transformation Collaborative, Middlebury
imageThe U.S. and U.K. used to be major funders of global immunization programs for children. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File

The Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on March 18, 2025. The court order to pause the agency’s shuttering came days...

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Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences

  • Written by Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
imageSeveral U.S. climate regulations aim to reduce burning of fossil fuels, a driver of climate change.Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse...

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The Gaza ceasefire is dead − Israeli domestic politics killed it

  • Written by Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
imageBuildings and a ceasefire left in ruins after airstrikes on March 18, 2025. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The ceasefire in Gaza appears to be over.

And while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to blame Hamas for the resumption of fighting that killed more than 400 Palestinians on March 18, 2025 – “only the...

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Measles cases are on the rise − here’s how to make sure you’re protected

  • Written by Daniel Pastula, Professor of Neurology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageShould you get an additional shot of the measles vaccine?Hailshadow via Gett Images

The measles outbreak that started in Texas in late January continues to grow. As of March 18, 2025, confirmed cases in the outbreak, which now spans Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, reached 321, surpassing the number of confirmed cases recorded for all of the U.S. in...

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Humans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique

  • Written by Eli Elster, Doctoral Candidate in Evolutionary Anthropology, University of California, Davis
imageA ritual dance honoring Yoruban ancestors is one of the countless examples of human culture.Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods?

For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems from...

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Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives

  • Written by Elizabeth Call, University Archivist, RIT Libraries and Archives, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageThe 1952 procession to deliver the Declaration of Independence and Constitution from the Library of Congress to the National Archives included military guards and a tank.National Archives

Some of the United States’ most important historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the...

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